He showed Ash and May the nearby Oldale Ruins and informed them about the Pokémon that resided there. Suddenly, Team Magma members arrived and blackmailed Alden so that he could give them access to the ruins. He was then kidnapped by Team Magma. Ultimately, he succumbed to their threats and opened up a secret chamber of the ruins with the help of four colored orbs for the grunts to enter. Team Magma inspected the room and eventually left, dissatisfied with what they found, leaving Alden unharmed.

Ash and May arrived on the scene just too late and saw Team Magma escaping in a helicopter. The Professor then took them to a deeper part of the ruins after PikachuThunderboltedTeam Rocket away. There, he showed them a lake filled with the prehistoric Pokémon Relicanth.